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Autonomy Without Agency

Full Title: Autonomy Without Agency: A Formal Distinction Between Autonomous and Agentic AI Systems in Safety-Critical Domains

Author: Hameem M Mahdi, B.S.C.S., M.S.E., Ph.D.

Corresponding Chapter: Autonomous AI — Interactive Architecture Chart

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Status

engrXiv preprint package prepared; peer-review submission in preparation.

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Abstract

The preprint manuscript is available in engrxiv-pre-print.

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Contents

publications/03-autonomous-ai/
├── README.md              <- You are here
├── engrxiv-pre-print/     <- engrXiv preprint package
│   ├── #3-autonomous-ai.tex
│   ├── #3-autonomous-ai.pdf
│   ├── README.md
│   └── references.bib
└── submission/
	└── science-robotics-peer-review/ <- Science Robotics package

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